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Tuesday, April 16th:
*Motions Hearing (@ 9am MT) - CO - *Angela Dawn Pray Craig (43) poisoned (potassium cyanide) by husband & left her brain dead & taken off life support (arrived at hospital on Mar. 16, 2023) & died Mar. 18, 2023, Aurora. *James Toliver Craig (45/now 46) arrested (3/19/23), charged (3/23/23), formally charged (7/12/23) & arraigned (10/9/23) with 1st degree premeditated murder after deliberations & tampering with physical evidence. Amended charges (4/12/24): 1st degree murder (F1) & 2 counts of solicitation to commit wit physical evidence. Held without bond. Bond set at $10M on 6/28/23. Plead not guilty (10/9/23).
Jury selection was set to begin on 4/18/24 & 4/19/24 continued on 8/8/24 & 8/9/24.
Trial was set to begin on 4/23/24 continued on 8/13/24 (thru 8/30/24) 8/14, 8/15, 8/16, 8/20, 8/21, 8/22, 8/23, 8/27, 8/28, 8/29, 8/30/24. No court on Mondays. All start @ 8:30am.
Case & Court info from 3/16/23 thru 1/6/24 reference post #433 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...entist-husband-aurora-mar-2023.670769/page-22
1/10/24 Update: Next motions hearing on 1/30/24 @ 9am. 1/30/24 Update: An Arapahoe County district judge is deciding whether or not to admit some key evidence in the case. On Tuesday, Craig's attorneys argued to suppress Google searches found on the dentist's work computer for several poisons & whether or not they were detectable. Those queries were discovered by detectives through searching the hard drive of an office computer but made from an account called jimandwaffles@gmail.com. The account was a new one, created on 2/27/23, three weeks before Angela Craig died. Some of these searches, the defense said, were discovered illegally by investigators whom they contend went “beyond the scope” of what they asked for in the search warrant. Eighteenth Judicial District Judge Shay Whitaker did not rule on the motion to suppress the searches, but said she would make an order soon. Next status conference hearing on 4/5/24 @ 3:30pm.
3/7/24 Update: Attorneys for Craig accused of poisoning his wife a year ago want his upcoming trial delayed because the toxicologist they hired to testify had a stroke. Craig's murder trial is currently scheduled to begin 4/18/24. Defense expert Henry Spiller, a former director of poison control centers in Ohio 7 Kentucky, has testified about the dangers of tetrahydrozoline in other trials — perhaps most recently in the November trial of a Pewaukee, Wisconsin woman accused of poisoning her friend with eye drops in 2018. In their continuance motion, Craig's attorneys said that they became alarmed when they were "suddenly & unexpectedly unable to reach Mr. Spiller" and then realized that he had become ill around Feb. 22. Next status conference hearing on 3/8/24 @ 9am.
3//8/24 Update: Craig will not go to trial until late summer after the judge granted a motion to continue it Friday morning. Craig's trial was set to begin next month but will now begin on 8/8/24. Attorneys for Craig said a key witness to their case suffered a stroke earlier this year & is currently unable to testify as he recovers. Next motions hearing on 4/16/24 @ 9am, pretrial readiness conference hearing on 8/2/24 @ 9am & jury selection begins on 8/8/24 & 8/9/24 with trial beginning on 8/13/24. No court on Mondays.
4/12/24 Update: Prosecutors have added 2 charges to the murder case for Craig, already facing a first degree murder count, is now accused of trying to convince his daughter [& another person] to help cover up her own mother's death. Amended charges: 1t degree murder (F1) & 2 counts of solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence (F6). The charges will become official once a judge approves the amended complaint. Craig is now also accused of attempting to persuade one of his daughters to tamper with physical evidence in order to facilitate a crime between 3/18/23 & 3/31/23, the amended complaint states. He is also accused of attempting to persuade a second person to cover up evidence between 3/18/23 & 6/15/23. The document does not include any additional detail on the nature of the requests & the second person’s connection to Craig was not immediately clear.
*Motions Hearing (@ 9am MT) - CO - *Angela Dawn Pray Craig (43) poisoned (potassium cyanide) by husband & left her brain dead & taken off life support (arrived at hospital on Mar. 16, 2023) & died Mar. 18, 2023, Aurora. *James Toliver Craig (45/now 46) arrested (3/19/23), charged (3/23/23), formally charged (7/12/23) & arraigned (10/9/23) with 1st degree premeditated murder after deliberations & tampering with physical evidence. Amended charges (4/12/24): 1st degree murder (F1) & 2 counts of solicitation to commit wit physical evidence. Held without bond. Bond set at $10M on 6/28/23. Plead not guilty (10/9/23).
Jury selection was set to begin on 4/18/24 & 4/19/24 continued on 8/8/24 & 8/9/24.
Trial was set to begin on 4/23/24 continued on 8/13/24 (thru 8/30/24) 8/14, 8/15, 8/16, 8/20, 8/21, 8/22, 8/23, 8/27, 8/28, 8/29, 8/30/24. No court on Mondays. All start @ 8:30am.
Case & Court info from 3/16/23 thru 1/6/24 reference post #433 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...entist-husband-aurora-mar-2023.670769/page-22
1/10/24 Update: Next motions hearing on 1/30/24 @ 9am. 1/30/24 Update: An Arapahoe County district judge is deciding whether or not to admit some key evidence in the case. On Tuesday, Craig's attorneys argued to suppress Google searches found on the dentist's work computer for several poisons & whether or not they were detectable. Those queries were discovered by detectives through searching the hard drive of an office computer but made from an account called jimandwaffles@gmail.com. The account was a new one, created on 2/27/23, three weeks before Angela Craig died. Some of these searches, the defense said, were discovered illegally by investigators whom they contend went “beyond the scope” of what they asked for in the search warrant. Eighteenth Judicial District Judge Shay Whitaker did not rule on the motion to suppress the searches, but said she would make an order soon. Next status conference hearing on 4/5/24 @ 3:30pm.
3/7/24 Update: Attorneys for Craig accused of poisoning his wife a year ago want his upcoming trial delayed because the toxicologist they hired to testify had a stroke. Craig's murder trial is currently scheduled to begin 4/18/24. Defense expert Henry Spiller, a former director of poison control centers in Ohio 7 Kentucky, has testified about the dangers of tetrahydrozoline in other trials — perhaps most recently in the November trial of a Pewaukee, Wisconsin woman accused of poisoning her friend with eye drops in 2018. In their continuance motion, Craig's attorneys said that they became alarmed when they were "suddenly & unexpectedly unable to reach Mr. Spiller" and then realized that he had become ill around Feb. 22. Next status conference hearing on 3/8/24 @ 9am.
3//8/24 Update: Craig will not go to trial until late summer after the judge granted a motion to continue it Friday morning. Craig's trial was set to begin next month but will now begin on 8/8/24. Attorneys for Craig said a key witness to their case suffered a stroke earlier this year & is currently unable to testify as he recovers. Next motions hearing on 4/16/24 @ 9am, pretrial readiness conference hearing on 8/2/24 @ 9am & jury selection begins on 8/8/24 & 8/9/24 with trial beginning on 8/13/24. No court on Mondays.
4/12/24 Update: Prosecutors have added 2 charges to the murder case for Craig, already facing a first degree murder count, is now accused of trying to convince his daughter [& another person] to help cover up her own mother's death. Amended charges: 1t degree murder (F1) & 2 counts of solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence (F6). The charges will become official once a judge approves the amended complaint. Craig is now also accused of attempting to persuade one of his daughters to tamper with physical evidence in order to facilitate a crime between 3/18/23 & 3/31/23, the amended complaint states. He is also accused of attempting to persuade a second person to cover up evidence between 3/18/23 & 6/15/23. The document does not include any additional detail on the nature of the requests & the second person’s connection to Craig was not immediately clear.
